Nepalese Silver 4-Sided Cylinder Beads, Inlaid with Turquoise & Lapis Chips, Sold Individually
SKU: ASM-1290
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$6.00
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Only 10 in stock
Description
- These beads are priced and sold individually
- Nepalese silver long bicones inlaid with chips of turquoise and red glass to simulate coral.
- This technique has long been practiced in the Himalayan regions.
- Just as in other parts of the world, including the US Southwest, coral and turquoise seem to be universally paired in the Himalayas.
- Turquoise is native to the area, but coral had to be imported and thus was much more expensive.
- The fact that red glass is substituted, far from being a negative, is considered preferable by all who want to protect endangered corals.